köken: Borrowed from Basque akelarre, made up of aker (“male goat”) and larre (“meadow”). Some researchers say the original word was alkalarre, from alka (“Spanish kind of cocksfoot”), akelarre being a form corrupted by the Church.
köken: Etymology tree Akkadian šapattumbor.? Biblical Hebrew שַׁבָּתbor. Ancient Greek σάββατον (sábbaton)bor. Latin sabbatumlbor. Polish sabat Learned borrowing from Latin sabbatum. Doublet of sobota, szabas, and szabat.